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Brooklyn Bailey, the Missing Dog
A neighborhood comes together to help find a lost dog in this lively picture book based on a true story.
It's a busy morning in the city. Yotam and his mom stop in at their local caf� on the way to school, tying their dog's leash to an outside chair as usual. But today isn't usual. Bailey the dog gets startled by something and is suddenly dashing down Henry Street, freed of her leash and frantic. Before Yotam can catch up with her, she has disappeared. And that's when lots of neighbors get involved, joining in the search for the missing dog and offering all kinds of support and love.
This bright, energetic book is inspired by a true Brooklyn story of strangers rallying to help their neighbor. It's a rousing, feel-good animal adventure for the picture book audience, and a portrait of community at its best and kindest.
It's a busy morning in the city. Yotam and his mom stop in at their local caf� on the way to school, tying their dog's leash to an outside chair as usual. But today isn't usual. Bailey the dog gets startled by something and is suddenly dashing down Henry Street, freed of her leash and frantic. Before Yotam can catch up with her, she has disappeared. And that's when lots of neighbors get involved, joining in the search for the missing dog and offering all kinds of support and love.
This bright, energetic book is inspired by a true Brooklyn story of strangers rallying to help their neighbor. It's a rousing, feel-good animal adventure for the picture book audience, and a portrait of community at its best and kindest.
40 pages, Hardcover
Published April 7, 2020
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Amy Sohn
19Ìýbooks141ÌýfollowersAmy Sohn is the author of the upcoming novel The Actress, which will be published by Simon & Schuster in July 2014. Her other novels are Motherland, Prospect Park West, My Old Man, and Run Catch Kiss. She has been a columnist at New York magazine, New York Press, the New York Post and Grazia (UK). She has also written for The New York Times, The Nation, and Harper's Bazaar. She has written pilots for ABC, Fox, HBO, and Lifetime. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her family.
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July 10, 2020
I loved the illustrations for this story about a beloved dog who is scared one morning while on a walk with her boy, and she runs away. A missing pet is hard to deal with, and I like the way the neighbourhood got into the search. Thankfully, the ending is happy.
September 15, 2019
People outside of New York, and specifically Brooklyn, aren't going to care. The story is too wordy, the art too busy (one or the other could have worked, but with both, it's hard to know where to focus) and the whole thing is just too, too Brooklyn to have a lot of appeal to a broad audience.
March 21, 2020
A neighborhood comes together to find a missing dog. Text is too wordy for the intended audience.
June 3, 2020
This book was too wordy and Brooklyn-centric to be something I'd generally recommend, and the story itself wasn't anything special.
May 26, 2021
Based on a true story, this picture book is about a missing dog, the boy who loves her, and how a neighborhood rallied to help find her. Yotam loves his dog Bailey, but one morning he ties her to a chair at the coffee shop and goes to say hello to a friend. When a woman bumps the chair, Bailey takes off while the chair clatters along with her and is too scared to stop. Yotam is devastated, but the Brooklyn neighborhood he lives in helps join in the search until super smart Bailey finds her way back home.
The emotional story will appeal to children as they empathize with Yotam and worry along with him about Bailey coming home safely. The digital artwork is charming and whimsical especially in the spreads where Yotam imagines what Bailey might be doing when she is missing. The big city setting will appeal to readers who like city stories as well.
I would recommend this book for purchase by any public library.
This book was provided by the publisher for professional review by SWON Libraries.
The emotional story will appeal to children as they empathize with Yotam and worry along with him about Bailey coming home safely. The digital artwork is charming and whimsical especially in the spreads where Yotam imagines what Bailey might be doing when she is missing. The big city setting will appeal to readers who like city stories as well.
I would recommend this book for purchase by any public library.
This book was provided by the publisher for professional review by SWON Libraries.
February 8, 2021
This is the story of a dog that goes missing. It was apparently inspired by a true Brooklyn story of a neighbor helping to look for the beloved pet. Personally, I felt it was very wordy and busy for a children’s picture book. However, most dog owners would sympathize with the terror experienced by a missing fur baby. The artwork for this book was created digitally.
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July 7, 2020
Bailey goes missing and the Brooklyn community comes together to help her owner find her.
I really liked the art of this one. There's a lot of detail in the pictures and the story itself. This would be a good read to a few kids right next to you. And definitely a good one for kids who like dogs. As a kid this would have quickly become a favorite, it has a dog and lots of things to look at during multiple re-reads.
I really liked the art of this one. There's a lot of detail in the pictures and the story itself. This would be a good read to a few kids right next to you. And definitely a good one for kids who like dogs. As a kid this would have quickly become a favorite, it has a dog and lots of things to look at during multiple re-reads.
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February 3, 2020Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
June 29, 2020
This is a fun book to read aloud, simply because it's a neat story.
August 10, 2020
A neighborhood gets invested in finding a beloved missing pet.
October 14, 2020
I love Brooklyn, but even I thought there were too many gratuitous references to it.
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